The estate of
Grattamacco

Bolgheri

The Landscape

Grattamacco was founded in 1977. The estate is situated on top of a hill facing the sea between Castagneto Carducci and Bolgheri at 100 to 200 m asl.

The area is particularly dedicated to the production of great wines and enjoys a dry climate with consistent thermal excursions at the end of the summer. The estate extends over an area of about 80 hectares, of which 28 are vineyards and 15 are olive groves. The remaining area is forest and borders into a vast area of woodlands covering some 1,600 hectares. In the steep and hilly vineyards, with an average eight percent incline, wines are trained to Cordone speronato, to Guyot and to Alberello with yields of around 6 to 7 tons per hectare. The average age of the vineyards is about 25 years.

Founded

1977

Altitude

100 m

Total area

80 ha

The Vineyards

The Grattamacco vineyards are situated in an ecological cradle, protected from the strong sea winds.

They cover 14 hectares, featuring the following three types of soil:

Silt and red sandy soil in the Alberello vineyard
Calcareous flysch in the western side of the vineyards
Sandy calcareous flysch in the eastern side of the vineyards.

Vineyards

28 ha

Olive groves

15 ha

Yield

6.5 t/ha

Red wines Grape varieties

60% Cabernet Sauvignon
15% Sangiovese
10% Merlot
10% Cabernet Franc
5% Petit Verdot

White wines Grape varieties

100% Vermentino

Olive varieties

50% Frantoio
25% Moraiolo
20% Leccino
5% Pendolino

The Cellar

During the harvest the grapes are carefully selected manually in the vineyards and posed in truncated cone shaped oak vats holding 700 litres, where the open fermentation is natural with soft manual punching down and a long maceration process takes place.

The malolactic fermentation develops spontaneously in French oak barriques, keeping the different varieties separate.
During the aging process in French oak barriques of 12 to 18 months the blends are created, following a bottle refinement of at least 6 months.